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Conversations with Contemporary Philosophers hosted by John Symons, a professor of philosophy from the University of Kansas. Presented to you by Mana Platform.

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  • Oct 19, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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Philosopher Daniel Dennett

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 41:52


In the final episode of first season. Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations. The host John Symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas. Will discuss the idea on consciousness. What is it ? Can we explain it? And if so, How ? With our distinguished guest; Professor Daniel Dennett; one of the leading philosophers in the Anglo-American world today. His books and articles left a great mark on the academic world. Daniel dennett books: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6952980.DanielCDennett

Philosopher Agnes Callard

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2020 42:28


In this episode of Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations The host John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas will try to find the answer with Professor Agnes Callard, The Associate Professor in Philosophy at The University of Chicago. To the question: What is aspiration? What is the difference between aspiration and ambition?. Philosopher Agnes Callard, the author of the acclaimed book «Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming», discusses these questions in the new episode of «Contemporary Philosophy: Global Conversations» Professor Agnes is the author of Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming (Oxford University Press, 2018) and On Anger (MIT Press, 2020), Writes monthly Column for The Point Magazine, And her work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Boston Review The guest's publications: The book Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37702276-aspiration The book On Anger (Boston Review Forum 13) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50401507-on-anger The guest's articles on The Point Magazine https://thepointmag.com/author/acallard/ The guest's articles on The Newyorker https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/agnes-callard?intcid=inline_amp The guests articles on The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=Agnes+Callard+philosophy The guest's articles on The Boston Review http://bostonreview.net/author/agnes-callard#:~:text=Agnes Callard is an Associate,currently Director of Undergraduate Studies

Philosopher Richard T. De George

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2020 50:02


Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations Hosted by John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas. The guest today is Richard T. De George, The Father of business ethics, Recipient of an Honorary degree with co-recipients Nelson Mandela and Bill Gates. An Author of 20 books and over 200 articles. The professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the International Center of Business Ethics, Emeritus Research fellow at Columbia, Yale, Stanford and the Hoover Institution Richard T. De George books: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/384274.RichardTDeGeorge?fromsearch=true&from_srp=true للمزيد من المعرفة والحياة الطيبة تابعونا على https://Mana.net Twitter: https://twitter.com/manaplatform Instagram: https://Instagram.com/manaplatform Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manaplatform

Philosopher Charles Wolfe

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 48:46


Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations Hosted by John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas. In a conversation with Philosopher Charles Wolfe. . Faculty member Università Ca' Foscari, Venice, Italy . Leading expert on the history of vitalism and materialism . Author of La philosophie de la biologie avant la biologie : une histoire du vitalisme . Lire le matérialisme and . Materialism. A Historico-Philosophical Introduction . Founding Series Editor, History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, Springer https://Mana.net Twitter: https://twitter.com/manaplatform Instagram: https://Instagram.com/manaplatform Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manaplatform

Philosopher Edouard Machery

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2020 35:24


Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations Hosted by John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas. In a conversation with Edouard Machery. An American philosopher, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Philosophy of Science. And the author of Philosophy Within Its Proper Bounds, Doing Without Concepts and working on a new book on whether we should trust science. On this episode we'll discuss experimental philosophy.

Philosopher Helen De Cruz

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2020 24:59


Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations Hosted by John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas. In a conversation with Helen De Cruz, The Belgium philosopher at the Saint Louis University. Who is interested in the idea on disagreement. And co-wrote the book " A natural history of natural theology. The cognitive science of theology and philosophy of religion. The conversation dissguss the ideas of Wonder, disagreement and finding one's way in philosophy. للمزيد من المعرفة والحياة الطيبة تابعونا على https://Mana.net Twitter: https://twitter.com/manaplatform Instagram: https://Instagram.com/manaplatform Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manaplatform

Philosopher Luciano Floridi

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 36:51


Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations Beginning the series with Luciano Floridi, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information and Director of the Digital Ethics Lab, at the University of Oxford. Hosted by John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas The conversation is focusing on the philosophy as a conceptual design and the importance of philosophy outside of the academic context.

Philosopher Olga Pombo

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 32:20


Contemporary Philosophy: Global conversations Olga Pombo, a notable portuguese philosopher from the University of Lisbon. Hosted by John symons, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas A conversation about Leibniz, the Encyclopedia, and the Internet

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